My vision of better care for elders in late life is not a call for a nostalgic return to some imagined romantic past when the lone family doctor sat by the candlelit bedside tending the ill.
This conference is considered to be one of the premier meetings in the world of dedicated researchers, clinicians, manufacturers and others who work to improve seating and mobility among people with disabilities.
In 2013 Southampton Care Centre received the prestigious “exemplary conformance” designation for its palliative care and pain management programs..
What do rehabilitative medicine, aerospace engineering and the Ontario Brain Institute (OBI) have in common? The answer is GaitTronics, an Ontario-based company.
Parachute is a national charitable organization that brings attention to preventable injury and help Canadians reduce their risk of injury.
It is increasingly evident that Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia are associated with the malfunction of blood vessels in the brain.
People with advanced dementia, although they might still be able to speak, cannot always understand what the word “pain” means or be able to reliably put the experience of pain into words.
Give a Mile uses crowd-funded donations to provide air miles for people to visit their terminally ill or critically sick loved ones.
Two years ago, we had the assessment necessary for getting an adult with an intellectual disability onto the list for community services, including group homes, in Ontario.
Family members often assume that if there is any cognitive impairment or there has been a serious fall, the best solution is a “protective environment.”
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